Combination pedal and toe-clip.



PATENTED JULY 31, 19 06.

J. Fox;

COMBINATION PEDAL AND TOE GLIP. v

APPLIOATION FILED AUG.9.1905.

W/TNESSES: lNl ENTOI? q B) ATTORNEY U/il/W M To wZZ whom itmwy concern:

UNITED srA-rns PATENT onrion.

COMBINATION PEDAL AND TOE-CLIP.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

' PatentdTuly 31, 1906.

Application filed AugustQ, 1905. Serial No. 273,476.

Be it known that I, JOHN Fox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Torrington, in the county 'of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Pedals and Toe-Clips, of which the following'is a specification.

The present invention pertains to improvements in pedals for bicyclesor the like, and has for its object to arrange the edal with a toe-clip of an integral piece in or er to reduce the work and expense of manufacture thereof.

My invention will be fully understood from the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference-letters denote corresponding parts, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the unfolded pedal and toe-cli punched from an integral piece of metal; Fig. 2, a side view of the pedal and toe-clip formed from the piece shown in Fig. 1 by bending or folding the parts there of to be ready for use, the same being shown as applied to the crank lever'of the bicycle; and Fig. 3 shows a rear view of the finished combination pedal and toe-clip.

In Fi 1 I have shown the integral piece unfolde as received from a suitable punchingemachine. y

'11. represents the part adapted to serve as the pedal proper, and b a forward extension thereof to serve as the toe-clip. The pedal ever g, Fig. 2, of the bicycle;

the pedal triangular cuts h h with their sides converging inward toward the pedal-surface and the toe-clip are punched from an integral piece of metal, preferably steel, to a suitable shape and with any desired ornamentations, as shown in Fig. 1. Thegedal is prowith a rear lateral wings are each provided with an aperture or hole e c to serve as bearings for the axle f, Fig.3, upon which the pedal is supported and which is to be fixed in the crank In punching are formed at the lines at which the lateral and rear wings are to be bent downward.

These cuts will allow teeth or prongs projecting upward to be formed after the bending of the wings, which teeth will serve to retain the foot of the rider in proper position upon the surface of the pedal. To, provide for an elastic foot-rest, the surface of the pedal may be provided with apertures or. holes 4', '1' to receive rubber pieces or the like. The toe-clip, which'is made as a forward extension of the pedal and may also receive any desired surface ornamentation, is. preferably formed with a widened outer end b which when the clip is bent or folded upward and inward, as shown in Fig. v2, will fit upon the toe portion 'of the shoe or foot of the rider. It will be clearly understood that by this method of manufacture of the combination pedal and toe-clip the work is greatly simplified and the expense decreased.

- The whole work requires practically only two. steps, first, the punching of the pedal .and the toe-clip from an integral piece of teeth orprongs, and all surface ornamentations that may be desired are simultaneously formed by one stroke, and, secondly, the bending of the lateral and rear wings and of the forward extension to serve as a toe-clip.

What I claim,.and desire to secure by Lettei's Patent, is-

A combination pedal and toe-clip for bicycles or the like, said pedal and toe-clip being formed of'an integral piece, the pedal having lateral and rear wings adapted to. be bent downward the lateral wings having apertures to serve as bearings for the crank-axle of the bicycle, prongs or teeth formed at the upper edges of the wings and projecting upward from the pedal-surface to serve as foot retainer, holes in the pedalsurface to receive pieces of rubber or the like, substantially and for the purpose as specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FOX.

Witnesses:

CARL A. SGHALLER, ERNEST KIRscnBAnmsteel, whereby all parts, as those holding the bearings for the crank-axle, the retaining 

